First stop was Burton Mill Pond: c.50 Lesser Redpolls, 20 Siskins & Marsh Tit; second, Waltham Brooks for ten minutes, no sign of the Shrike for me with minimal effort it has to be said; third, Rackham Woods, daftly quiet with only one Great Spotted Woodpecker, been very poor here this year. Having checked this site and others regularly over the last month I'm left wondering if LSW has had it in West Sussex (though having said that I expect/hope one will pop up at Pulborough or some such place). Fourth and last was West Dean: more Lesser Redpolls and two decent size flocks of Bramblings, mainly around the cut maize on the right half way up the Monkton track. Plenty of Buzzards and Red Kites but no other raptors today apart from a Kestrel.
Red Kite:
(Lesser) Redpoll:
Siskin:
Brambling:
